Logging instructions

Peakhunter

Peakhunter is High Point Ireland's official logging partner. Individuals must download the Peakhunter app and create a personal profile before they can take part in any of the following year-long all-Ireland challenges, leagues and awards competitions:

From 1st January 2018, individuals wishing to earn High Point Ireland Certificates of Completion or Certificates of Excellence must also use the Peakhunter app to log their High Point location visits. Peakhunter users who complete the full list or any of its 16 sub-lists will earn a digital badge for their profile page.

Visit High Point locations in the real world. Don't forget to bring your smartphone to log your visits.

While you are physically present at a High Point location, the Peakhunter app will allow you to log it as a successfull visit. When the app asks you to create a log, all you have to do is press the specified button on your phone.

If the app does not permit you to log a visit, you may have to wait for a couple of minutes for the GPS signal to improve. If it still doesnt allow you to log it, you may have to move a few metres away from the actual real-world High Point location to enter the logging zone.

If you have to move away from a High Point location to log it on the app, that location's saved coordinates may be slightly out on Peakhunter. Feel free to create a new waypoint where you believe it should be. Do not create a new peak for any High Point locations. Send us an email to let us know if you create a waypoint for an incorrect High Point location. Before creating new waypoints, please study the area immediately surrounding the High Point location to visually identify the true High Point on the ground, bearing in mind that any man-made markers (trig pillars, cairns, crosses, etc) might not necessarily represent the High Point.

Each log will initially be stored offline on your phone until you have adequate mobile coverage to upload to the Peakhunter platform, at which point you will be required to perform a sync.

Take some photos at each High Point location when you log it. You can add these to your log entries on Peakhunter. Don't forget to take a selfie or two while you are there. Not only are selfies a great way to remind your future self of past achievements, they also serve as a secondary means of verification for visits if you are taking part in any of the initiatives listed above. As a backup, each visit to a High Point location should be verifiable from a photograph or video (i.e. a photograph or video which clearly shows you at each relevant High Point location). It is unlikely that photographic or video evidence will be requested as proof of visits to High Point locations, but it is recommended to have this backup in place. If photographic / video evidence is requested, it should be viewable on one of the following websites: Twitter; Facebook; Instagram; Flickr; YouTube; or your own website / blog. Peakhunter logs will be the only acceptable means of verification unless photographic / video evidence is specifically requested by us. In the very unlikely event that such a request were to be made, it will be stated on this page, High Point Ireland's social media channels and the High Point Ireland blog.

Each log entry created on the Peakhunter platform has its own unique URL address. These URLs can easily be copied from the "My Log" or "Log Book" section of your profile on the Peakhunter website or app. If you are planning to submit a Highpointeer Logsheet & Entry Form to us at the end of the year, please add these log entry URLs to the "Verification Link" column in the "Location Visits" tab of the form (unless we have specifically requested photographic / video evidence).

If you are taking part in the High Point Ireland 10,000m Challenge, you must register through one of our participating charities. Your chosen charity will email you a special version of the High Pointeer Logsheet & Entry Form.

Visit High Point locations in the real world (see Peakhunter instructions above).

Keep your form up-to-date throughout the year rather than filling it all in from scratch at the end of the year.

Enter "Visit date" and "Verification Link" details for each High Point location visit in the "Location Visits" tab of the Highpointeer Logsheet & Entry Form. In each case, the "Visit date" must match the respective Peakhunter log entry time stamp. The "Verification Link" will be your personal log entry's URL address on the Peakhunter platform (unless we have specifically requested photographic / video evidence).

Enter details of any Certificates of Completion and Certificates of Excellence you received during the year.

Your individual points score and metres total will be generated automatically as you fill in the form.

Complete all sections as instructed in the form's "Entry Notes" section.

Highpointeer Score Form (trial)

Our new Highpointeer Score Form is being trialled in 2018. If it proves itself during 2018, it will completely replace the Highpointeer Logsheet & Entry Form from 2019 onwards. Your assistance during the trials period would be greatly appreciated. If you have any comments about the form, feel free to leave them in the "Feedback" section at the end.

This form should be completed by Highpointeers for every individual High Point location visit they wish to claim during 2018. Each visit being claimed must also have a time-stamped log entry on Peakhunter, otherwise it will be rejected. Please note that each participant MUST also submit a Highpointeer Logsheet & Entry Form as their official score card for 2018.

Although this form is only being trialled in 2018, it will also be used exclusively to determine the top three in each of four brand new awards competitions.

This form should only take about 5 minutes to complete.

You will need to be signed in to your Peakhunter account so you can copy the URL of your log entry. This can be done via the Peakhunter website or app. You may already be signed in on the app.

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Disclaimer

If you are planning to visit any of the locations on the Gribbon list of Ireland's major geographical High Points, please be aware that Highpointeering, rambling, hill-walking, hiking, mountaineering, mountain running and cycling are risk sports. High Point Ireland, Kieron Gribbon (the website's author and founder of High Point Ireland) and Donard Media (the website's publisher) accept no responsibility for any injury, loss or inconvenience sustained by anyone using this website. Personal safety is entirely the participant's own responsibility.

The inclusion of locations on the Gribbon list of Ireland's major geographical High Points is based entirely on each location's ability to meet the necessary criteria for at least one of the eight primary sub-lists contained on this website. It should not be assumed that access is permitted to any of the High Point locations on the list. High Point Ireland, Kieron Gribbon and Donard Media recommend that anyone planning to visit any of the High Point locations on the list should check for potential access restrictions and to request permission from the relevant landowner(s) in advance.